>> COMMISSIONER BRUCH, COMMISSIONER JONES, CAN YOU HEAR US?
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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[2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND SALUTE TO NEW MEXICO STATE FLAG]
>> PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I SALUTE THE FLAG OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO, THE ZIA SYMBOL OF PERFECT FRIENDSHIP AMONG UNITED CULTURES.
SO, UNDER INTRODUCTIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS, INVITING CHIEF MASTERSON TO COME UP
[3. INTRODUCTIONS & ANNOUNCEMENTS]
HERE AND RECOGNIZE SOME PINNED STAFF.>> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE QUICK INTRODUCTIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FIRST, WE'RE HOSTING A PINNING CEREMONY FOR RECENTLY PROMOTED OFFICERS.
A TOTAL OF EIGHT OFFICERS HAVE BEEN PROMOTED, AND WE WILL RECOGNIZE THEM ON FRIDAY.
TWO DEPUTY CHIEFS, THREE BATTALION CHIEFS, A CAPTAIN AND LIEUTENANT.
IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TOÂ APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, MOVING FORWARD ON THAT.
SECOND, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW EMERGENCY MANAGER.
HE IS STILL KINDA GETTING HIS FEET UNDERNEATH HIM.
I WILL LET HIM INTRODUCE HIMSELF.
HE IS HELPING MOVE FORWARD ON PROJECTS, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO GOOD THINGS WITH MR. HEARDING IN THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT.
DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF?
>> GOOD EVENING MR. CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
I CAME FROM CLOVIS, PRIOR TO THAT I WORKED IN THE CITY OF GLENDALE ARIZONA.
I WAS A POLICE ATTENTION OFFICER AND PRIOR TO THAT MILITARY AIRÂ FORCE AS SECURITY FORCES.
SO, YES, I BEEN DOING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR A WHILE.
I ALSO WAS A VOLUNTARY FIREFIGHTERS FOR MANY YEARS WHEN I WAS STATIONS AT BERNALILLO COUNTY.
HOPEFULLY I CAN CONTINUE WHAT IS DONE BEFORE ME.
CONTINUE TO DO THE GOOD THINGS FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY.
>> CHAIR HEIL: DAN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
(APPLAUSE) >> CHAIR HEIL: ALL RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER MEEK, WOULD YOU MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA?
[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH THE DELETION OF ITEM 9E AS IN ECHO.
>> CHAIR HEIL: DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> CHAIR HEIL: THANK YOU MADAM CLERK?
>> MR. CHAIR, I USUALLY ASK IF THERE IS ANY DISCUSSION OR ANYTHING.
IS THERE A REASON WE'RE DELETING THAT?
>> CHAIR HEIL: YES THERE IS SOME LANGUAGE IN THE AGREEMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED.
IT IS NOT TAKING INÂ WE'RE DOING THE MONEY BUT WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, BOTH PARTIES NEED TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT.
>> SO IS THAT ON THE NEXT MEETING THEN?
>> CHAIR HEIL: I'M SURE IT WILL.
>> CHAIR HEIL: OKAY MADAM CLERK.
>> CHAIR HEIL: ALL RIGHT MOVING TO ITEM SIX.
[6. Presentation on fiscal characteristics of New Mexico Class A Counties. Every four years the County has its financial advisor prepare a report comparing all the Class A counties in New Mexico, along with the cities of Albuquerque and Rio Rancho. The attached report details the information based on the fiscal year 2023 reports available from each of the governments. (Rob Burpo, First American Financial Advisors, Inc.)]
WE HAVE OUR OUTSTANDING FINANCIAL ADVISOR ROB BURPO.COULD WE HAVE A DRUM ROLL PLEASE? (DRUM ROLL).
EVERY FOUR YEARS, WE GET ASKED TO DO A KIND OF A STUDY OF THE CLASS A COUNTIES.
CLASS A COUNTIES ARE BERNALILLO, DONA ANA, SANTAÂ FE, SAN JUAN AND SANDOVAL COUNTY.
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THEN WE ADD ALBUQUERQUE AND RIO RANCHO.THAT IS HOW WE BASICALLY DO THE STUDY.
IN THE FIRST THING WE LOOK AT IS JUST SOME REAL DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION LIKE FIRST THING WE LOOK AT IS POPULATION.
THIS IS FROM THE 2002US SENSE US.
THE 2023 HAS NOT BEEN PUBLISHED, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE BUDGETS FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR.
WE'RE KEEPING EVERYTHING PARALLEL.
THEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS OF EACH OF THE GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE STUDIED.
YOU WILL SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, BERNALILLO COUNTY, THE BIGGEST COUNTY IN THE STATE HAS 2861.
DONA ANA HAS 999, I CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW THEY DIDN'T GET AN EXTRA ONE ON THERE.
SANDOVAL COUNTY, OF ALL OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, YOU ARE THE LOWEST FTE AT 440.
SANTAÂ FE HAS VIRTUALLY THE SAME, SAME POPULATION.
THEY HAVE 155,000 EMPLOYEES RESIDENTS YOU HAVE 154 AND THEY ARE ALMOST TWICE THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT YOU HAVE.
IN LONG AND SHORT IS SANDOVAL COUNTY RUNS LEAN AND MEAN.
YOU WILL SEE THAT ALL OF THE WAY THROUGH THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
120,000, AND THEY HAVE LITERALLY THREE TIMES AS MANY EMPLOYEES AS YOU DO FOR A SMALLER POPULATION.
RIO RANCHO HAS ABOUT TWICE THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES FOR 107,000.
HERE IS WHAT YOUR BUDGETS LOOK LIKE.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT SANDOVAL COUNTY, THIS IS YOUR TOTAL BUDGET, SO WHEN YOU SEE THIS NUMBER, 325,520,795, YOU SAY THAT'S A BIG BUDGET, BUT THE REALITY IS YOU GUYS ARE VERY EFFICIENT IN GETTING GRANT PROGRAM MONIES IN, YOU HAVE A VERY LARGE FEDERAL PILT, ABOUT $2.8Â MILLION THAT COMES IN.
AS A RESULT, IT IS MISLEADING WHEN YOU LOOK AT RIOÂ RANCHO WITH A $180Â MILLION BUDGET AND YOU WITH A 325.
YOU'RE VERY EFFICIENT AND ALSO YOU HAVE BIGGER PROGRAMS, BIG DWI PROGRAMS, BIG SENIOR FAIRS PROGRAM COUNTY WIDE THAT YOU OPERATE.
YOU HAVE THE STATE OR COUNTY FAIR.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPENDITURES THAT YOU GET COMPENSATION FOR.
SO, IT IS NOT UNUSUAL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE COMPARES TO OTHERS, THIS TAX REVENUES VERSUS EXPENDITURES IS LOW, BUT THE TOTAL BUDGET INCLUDING ALL OF THE FUNDS YOU RECEIVE IN, YOU'RE GOOD AT RECEIVING FUNDS IN, AND THAT'S A COMPLIMENT TO THE COUNTY.
TAKING THAT OUT A LITTLE FARTHER, THAT MEANS YOU'RE BRINGING IN $2,100 PER RESIDENT.
IF BEING LOOK AT RIOÂ RANCHO, $1,681.
YOU'RE EFFICIENT IN BRINGING FUNDS TO THE COUNTY, BUT WHAT I THINK IS THE MOST STARK NUMBER THAT YOU WILL SEE TONIGHT IS THIS FAR RIGHT HAND NUMBER.
THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT YOU HAVE PER 10,000 RESIDENTS.
YOU'RE RUNNING 28.6 EMPLOYEES FOR EVERY 10,000 RESIDENTS.
LOOK AT EVERYBODY ELSE AND HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY HAVE WORKING FOR EVERY 10,000.
BERNALILLO COUNTY HAS 42 PEOPLE FOR EVERY 10,000.
SANTAÂ FE, 54, THEY'RE ALMOST TWICE AS BIG, TWICE AS MANY EMPLOYEES AND THEIR POPULATION IS ONLY 1,000 MORE THAN YOURS.
IT GOES TO THE STANDPOINT AND THE FACT THAT SANDOVAL COUNTY AND THEIR RESIDENTS AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE GETTING A LOT OF WORK DONE ON A VERY LEAN STAFFING.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE TAX RATES, GROSS RECEIPTS TAX RATES WITHIN THE COUNTY.
YOU'RE THE LOWEST OF ALL OF THE COUNTIES.
FOR EXAMPLE, BERNALILLO COUNTY IS A HAIR HIGHER.
RIOÂ RANCHO IS ABOUT A POINT AND A HALF HIGHER.
ALBUQUERQUE IS MUCH HIGHER, ANOTHER POINT AND A HALF.
THE OTHER THING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT IS YOUR PROPERTY TAX RATES.
THESE ARE TAX RATES ON YOUR BOND DEBT.
IF I DID THE OTHER STUFF, NUMBERS ARE THE SAME, YOU'RE THE LOWEST BY FAR.
MILL RATES ARE THE LOWEST FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
I PICKED ONE NUMBER OUT BECAUSE IT IS A CONSTANT.
YOUR MILL RATE FOR EVERY, THE PROPERTY TAXES IMPOSED FOR COUNTY DEBT IS 6.9 MILLS OR 6THS OF 1Â PERCENT.
SAN JUAN IS LOW, THEY HAVE LITTLE THINGS UP AND DOWN OIL PUMPS AND GAS, RIOÂ RANCHO IS HIGH AND ALBUQUERQUE IS HIGH.
I GO BACK TO THE POINT WHERE SANDOVAL COUNTY IS DOING THINGS VERY EFFICIENTLY AS FAR AS COST, NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, AND THE IMPOSITION OF TAXES UPON YOUR RESIDENTS.
THESE ARE TWO THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE SAN JUAN IS SUCH A LARGE COUNTY, WE KINDA THROW THIS IN AS A WHAT IF.
YOU HAVE ABOUT 3700Â MILES OF COUNTY ROADS, PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT BUT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN 3700Â MILES OF COUNTY ROADS.
SAN JUAN AND DOÃ'A ANA HAVE A HAIR MORE THAN YOU DO.
THE NUMBER OF ROADS IS YOU GOT ALL THESE ROADS.
ONE NUMBER YOU WILL SEE IS 1900 IN YELLOW.
I CALLED EVERY DEPARTMENT I COULD THINK OF IN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, AND THEY COULD NOT GIVE ME A NUMBER.
CALL YOUR ROADS DEPARTMENT, DOÃ'A ANA, THEY WILL GIVE YOU THE NUMBER RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE NEVER GAVE A NUMBER.
THAT IS WHY I PUT THAT NUMBER IN YELLOW.
ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THIS.
WHEN I WAS DOING THIS STUDY, GETTING THE BUDGETARY INFORMATION WAS VERY EASY FOR DOÃ'A ANA COUNTY, FOR BERNALILLO COUNTY, CITY OF RIOÂ RANCHO, CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, AND SANDOVAL COUNTY.
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SANTAÂ FE AND SAN JUAN DO NOT HAVE BUDGETS POSTED ON THEIR WEBSITE ANYWHERE.I MEAN MOST OF THEM HAVE IT LAST POSTING IS LIKE 2021.
I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER THING THAT, ONE OF THOSE NUANCES THAT PEOPLE DON'T PICK UP ON.
I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE TO PAT YOURSELF ON THE BACK.
YOUR WEBSITE IS USER FRIENDLY FOR FINDING OUT BUDGETARY ITEMS, EXPENDITURE ITEMS, REVENUE ITEMS, WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND NOT, THAT CAN'T BE SAID FOR ALL OTHER COUNTIES.
WITH THAT, I'LL THROW IT TO YOU IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTARY.
ONE LAST THING, WE ALWAYS DO THIS EVERY YEAR.
WE COME UP WITH A CURRENT EVENTS PAGE.
THIS IS ONE THAT WE LOOKED AT BECAUSE I KNOW THE LANDFILL IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE.
SO WE GOT WHAT IS CALLED THE TIPPING RATE.
THE RATES THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY TO USE THEIR LANDFILLS.
AND IT IS INTERESTING BERNALILLO COUNTY AND SANDOVAL COUNTY ARE THE SAME.
SANTAÂ FE IS HIGH, SAN JUAN IS HIGHER, RIOÂ RANCHO HIGHER, ALBUQUERQUE AND BERNALILLO IS ONE IN THE SAME.
THEIR RATES END UP BEING MUCH, MUCH HIGHER THAN ANYBODY ELSE ON THE PAGE.
WITH THAT I'LL THROW IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
>> CHAIR HEIL: QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MR. BRUCH.
I WAS WAITING TO SEE IF THE DEMOCRATS HAVE QUESTIONS FIRST.
MR. BURPO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT.
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OKAY.LET ME JUST SEE IF I CAN PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT FOR YOU, OR YOU CAN DO IT FOR ME RATHER.
WHEN I LOOK AT THAT, THE BUDGET THERE, THE FUNDS, THE LARGEST PART OF THE BUDGET COUNTY MANAGER CAN ANSWER THIS BETTER THAN YOU, BUT IT'S LABOR.
EMPLOYEES IS THE LARGEST PART OF THE BUDGET.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, I SEE UNLESS I'M WRONG HERE, WE ACTUALLY PAY OUR EMPLOYEES FAIRLY WELL HERE IN SANDOVAL COUNTY.
WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OVER THE YEARS.
I THINK THE CHAIRMAN WOULD AGREE WITH THAT WHEN WE TOOK OVER THE COMMISSION IN 2017, WE DID THE PAY STUDY, A LOT OF STUFF.
WE BEEN PAYING DEPUTIES AND FIRE AND DETENTION CENTER EMPLOYEES MORE WITH BETTER BENEFITS AND EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS NOW.
I WOULD ARGUE THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS YOU SEE THAT NUMBER OF 325Â MILLION WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN DOÃ'A ANA COUNTY WITH A, WELL, LET'S SEE HERE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES PER 10,000 RESIDENTS, MR. BURPO, YOU HAD A STUDY IN 2019 AND I WENT BACK A LITTLE BIT HERE, FOUR YEARS, THAT NUMBER WAS 34.5.
>> WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WHEN IT COMES TO REDUCING THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES BECAUSE OF BETTER TECHNOLOGY, WE'RE GETTING MORE THINGS DONE.
PEOPLE, STAFF IS JUST DOING INCREDIBLE WORK.
YOU SEE HOW LEAN THAT WE ARE, AND I THINK THAT IS A GREAT THING THERE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TAX NUMBERS, SANDOVAL COUNTY IS JUST A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR OTHER COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS NEW MEXICO HOW WE GET THIS THING DONE RIGHT IN REGARDS TO THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, AND I WOULD ARGUE MR. BURPO AND MAYBE YOU AGREE THAT SANDOVAL COUNTY IS THE MORSE DIVERSE COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO BECAUSE OF THE URBAN AREA, TRIBAL PARTNERS, RURAL AREAS, OIL AND GAS, RANCHING, NO OTHER COUNTY WITH COMPETE WITH THAT REALLY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HEAVY SENIORS WE HAVE HERE AND HOW LEAN WE ARE WITH THE SERVICES WE'RE PROVIDING, I HOPE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THIS IS A GREAT BRIEF BECAUSE YOU'RE GETTING A LOT FOR YOUR TAX DOLLARS.
WE COMPLAIN, I LIKE BETTER ROADS AND THAT STUFF.
WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO PAVE 1800Â MILES OF ROADS, BUT THIS IS A LEAN COUNTY WITH A LOW TAX RATE, WHICH IS WHY PEOPLE ARE FLOCKING HERE, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
THE OTHER PART YOU MENTIONED WAS THE TRANSPARENCY.
COMMISSIONER HEIL AND I, CHAIR HEIL AND I HAVE BEEN HERE THE LONGEST.
I REMEMBER WORKING WITH DIANE MAZE ABOUT GETTING THE WEBSITE BETTER AND IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.
SOME OF THESE COUNTIES, LIKE YOU SAID, I'VE GONE OUT AND BEEN A GEEK AND LOOKING AT THEM.
IT IS HARD TO NAVIGATE AND GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION.
I APPRECIATE THE RESEARCH YOU DID ON THIS, AND I HOPE YOU IN THE PUBLIC THAT ARE HERE OR WATCHING REALLY FEEL PRIDE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE COUNTY, WHAT THE STAFF IS DOING AND THE LEADERSHIP.
SO, THANK YOU TO THE STAFF, AND THANK YOU, MR. BURPO FOR THIS.
THIS IS YOUR LAST ONE BEFORE YOU RETIRE.
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE AROUND IN FOUR YEARS, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE ONLY IN YOUR 40S.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOUÂ >> THERE'S A FOUR IN THERE SOMEWHERE.
>> CHAIR HEIL: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BLOCK.
THANKS MR. BURPO FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
AND I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION, MORE OF A STATEMENT.
I THINK COMMISSIONER BLOCK ALLUDED TO THIS BEFORE.
AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M, YOU KNOW, PROUD THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, LEAN AND WE HAVE, WE'RE USING TECHNOLOGY TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN FOR SANDOVAL COUNTY AND YOUR TAX DOLLARS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A SAYING IN THE MILITARY.
WE DO MORE WITH LESS, BUT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELVES, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ALSO BEING EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT? SO, WITH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ASSESSOR'S
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OFFICE, THERE'S AN ABILITY AND OPPORTUNITY TO ADD MORE STAFF THERE TO WHERE THEY'RE NOT OVERWHELMED AND OVERWORKED TO BE ABLE TO BRING A, AN (INDISCERNIBLE) PRODUCT TO THE PEOPLE AND CONSTITUENTS OF SANDOVAL COUNTY.ALTHOUGH I KNOW WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, I DO SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE EFFECTIVENESS AND OUTPUT FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.
WITH THAT, I YELLED MR. CHAIR.
IS THAT NUMBER FOR THE 28.6 EMPLOYEES PER 10,000 RESIDENTS THE NUMBER WE HAVE ON STAFF OR IS THAT THE NUMBER THAT IS AVAILABLE TO BE HIRED.
MR. CHAIR, COMMISSIONER MEEK, IT IS ACTUALLY THE FTES THAT WE HAVE FILLED NOW.
IT CHANGES A LITTLE BIT WHEN HE DID THE STUDY IT WAS ABOUT 440.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OVER 500, 525 AVAILABLE POSITIONS, AND THERE IS SOME AREAS WE HAVE FROZEN THEM BECAUSE WE NO LONGER NEED TO HAVE THOSE POSITIONS FILLED.
SOME OF WHICH ARE NOT BUDGETED FOR ANYMORE DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE DON'T NEED THOSE POSITIONS.
MOST HAVE TO DO WITH DETENTION, AND YOU KNOW THAT COVID WAS A SEAT CHANGE FOR US AND HOW WE APPROACH DETENTION HAS CHANGED QUITE A BIT.
OUR AVERAGE DAILY POPULATION IS SOMEWHERE AROUND 120 PEOPLE IN THE JAIL.
WE USED TO RUN MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT.
WE USED TO HAVE US MARSHAL SERVICE INMATES WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ANYMORE.
>> IT GOOD TO KEEP FULL TIME EMPLOYEES LOW BUT BALANCED THAT WE'RE NOT CAUSING BURN OUT TO PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL CARRYING THIS HARD LOAD.
GOOD PRESENTATION, AND A NICE VIEW OF WHAT OUR HEALTH IS LIKE AT THIS TIME.
>> CHAIR HEIL: MR. BURPO, IN THIS EXPENDED ALL FUNDS, I THINK WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY IS PROBABLY CONSISTENT FOR ALL COUNTIES.
A LOT OF THOSE FUNDS ARE ACTUALLY REDISTRIBUTED TO OTHER ENTITIES IN THE COUNTY.
>> CHAIR HEIL: SCHOOLS, MUNICIPALITIES, YOU KNOW, ALL KINDS OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HELP FUND THAT REALLY AREN'T PART OF THE OPERATIONAL PART OF THE COUNTY BUDGET.
>> CHAIR HEIL: AS I RECALL FROM OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, THE OPERATIONAL PART OF THE COUNTY'S BUDGET IS IN THE 55 TO 60Â MILLION RANGE.
>> WELL MR. CHAIRMAN, THE AMOUNT REALIZED, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU COLLECT ALL OF THE PROPERTY TAXES, SO THIS 325,000,520 INCLUDES ALL OF THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT ARE PAID TO THE COUNTY.
THE COUNTY REDISTRIBUTES MONEY TO THE CITY OF RIOÂ RANCHO, REDISTRIBUTES TO RIOÂ RANCHO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BERNALILLO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CUBA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THAT IS MONEY YOU RECEIVE AND ABOUT $8Â MILLION YOU RECEIVE THAT IS REDIRECTED TO SRMC AS PART OF THE MILL LEVY STUDY.
THERE'S A LARGE PORTION THAT GETS REDISTRIBUTED.
THAT IS WHY BERNALILLO COUNTY IS SO BIG.
THEY HAVE A BIG REDISTRIBUTION.
FOR EXAMPLE, APS, AND UNM HOSPITAL.
I THINK ONE OF THE THING THAT'S IS IMPOSSIBLE TO QUANTIFY IN THIS STUDY AND IT IS JUST THE FACT THAT WHILE THE RETAIL CAPABILITIES, ESPECIALLY IN RIOÂ RANCHO AND BERNALILLO ARE EXPANDING, YOU STILL HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF COUNTY EXPENDITURES AND GROSS RECEIPTS TAX THAT GO WITH IT THAT GO DOWN THE HILL.
YOU'RE DOING EVEN BETTER THAN MOST BECAUSE YOU'RE LOSING SOME OF THE TAX REVENUE IN THE TURNOVER DOLLAR THAT GOES DOWN THE HILL.
THAT IS WHY WE PUT RIOÂ RANCHO AND ALBUQUERQUE INTO THIS PICTURE BECAUSE THEY DO GET BENEFITS THAT THE COUNTY DOESN'T.
AND THAT IS JUST THE NATURE OF GOVERNMENTS, AND PHYSICAL LOCATIONS.
I MEAN, THERE IS NOT A COSTCO IN RIOÂ RANCHO.
AND PEOPLE GO FROM RIOÂ RANCHO AND CUBA AND POINTS NORTH OVER TO COSTCO AND OTHER PLACES.
>> CHAIR HEIL: NO, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT.
I KNOW OVER THE YEARS RIOÂ RANCHO LOOKED AT THE NUMBER AND PROJECTED THAT THEY ARE LOSING BETWEEN 50 AND $60Â MILLION A YEAR THAT SLIDES RIGHT DOWN THAT HILL.
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>> CHAIR HEIL: IT IS NOT SO MUCH COSTCO.
IF YOU'RE BUYING FOOD AT COSTCO, YOU'RE NOT PAYING GRT.
GOING DOWN TO BUY A TV THAT YOU COULD HAVE BOUGHT AT WALMARTÂ >> EXACTLY.
>> CHAIR HEIL: YOU'RE TAKING YOUR TAX DOLLARS THAT SUPPORT OUR POLICE AND FIRE AND PARKS, ETÂ CETERA, DOWN THE HILL.
>> CHAIR HEIL: ANYHOW, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> A BRIEF COMMENT CHAIRMAN IF POSSIBLE.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO COMMEND ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR MAKING COMMENTS.
I THINK EVERYONE HAD A VALUABLE COMMENT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING THE EFFICIENCY OF OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND HOW HARD THEY ARE WORKING TO DELIVER SERVICES TO OUR CONSTITUENTS.
BUT I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER WE ARE IN FACT PROVIDING ADEQUATE SERVICES.
I KNOW I GET CALLS ABOUT NEEDS THAT MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES ARE ASKING FOR.
AND I CERTAINLY THINK WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT.
SOME OF THESE ARE IMPORTANT AND HAVE TO DO WITH THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US THINK ABOUT HOW WE COULD HELP SOME OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS OFFICES.
I'M (INDISCERNIBLE) TREASURER AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT MANY OF THOSE DOLLARS ARE COMING THROUGH GRANT FUNDING, AND I KNOW COMMUNITY SERVICES DOLLARS, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THOSE RESOURCES ARE COMING THROUGH THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PASS ON AND DELIVER TO OUR RESIDENTS.
WE DON'T WANT TO OVER BURDEN THOSE THAT ARE OVERBURDENED IN THE CITY OF RIOÂ RANCHO CITIZENS I BELIEVE ARE.
WE ALSO NEED TO KNOW AS MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE A BIG PART OF THE PUBLIC TAX DOLLAR IS GOING ELSEWHERE, WE'RE STILL SERVING ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY.
REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE.
WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT FOR THE FUTURE.
>> CHAIR HEIL: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
I GUESS ONE POINT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE WITH REGARD TO THAT IS TWO POINTS, SOMETHING I LEARNED AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
IT USED TO BE OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATION WAS FUNDED BY A ABOUT 80Â PERCENT GRANT MONEY.
IT IS PROBABLY CLOSER TO 40Â PERCENT.
NOT BY ANY FAULT OF THEIRS IN TERMS OF HOW THEY WRITE GRANTS, BUT VERY OFTEN THAT THE GRANTS DON'T PAY, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T PAY FOR THE WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE.
IN ESSENCE, WE DON'T END UP TAKING THAT.
WITH REGARD TO THE MONEY ROLLING DOWN THE HILL FROM RIOÂ RANCHO, IT IS NOT ROLLING INTO SANDOVAL.
THERE IS LEAKAGE OUT OF CORRALES.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THANK YOU, MR. BURPO.
WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE THIS EVENING, AND BRINGING US UP TO SPEED.
>> CHAIR HEIL: ALL RIGHT MOVING ON TO NO BOARD AND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS SO
[8. PUBLIC COMMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS]
MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.WE HAVE A FEW VISITORS THIS EVENING.
I'M GOING TO READ OFF THREE NAMES SO YOU'RE PREPARED TO STEP UP IN SUCCESSION.
FIRST THREE NAMES, RAMONA, MARK, AND MARY JO STREETS.
>> GOOD EVENING CHAIR HEIL AND COMMISSIONERS MY NAME IS RAMONA, RESIDENT OF SANDOVAL
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COUNTY.I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE MORE TRUTH TONIGHT.
DURING THE 2022 ELECTION CYCLE, PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTES NEWÂ MEXICO.
>> E COMMITTEE AND PLANNED PARENTHOODÂ HELPED SECURE MULTIPLE STATE AND LEGISLATIVE RACES.
SANDOVAL COUNTY WAS NOT EXEMPT.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED.
IN 2020, CAMPAIGN FINANCE RANDOM EXAM REPORT YOU WILL SEE THERE WAS, THEY WERE CITED FOR EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS AND COORDINATED CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WERE NOT REPORTED BY ALL CANDIDATES.
ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF MONEY FLOW INTO THE STATE FROM OUT OF STATE INTERESTS.
DURING THE ELECTION SEASON JUST LIKE SPORTING EVENTS, FUNDS ARE USED TO INFLUENCE VOTERS AND POLICY.
IN DISTRICT 44, CATHLEEN KATES WAS PUT INTO OFFICE.
DO THE PERCENTAGES SOUND FAMILIAR? SHE DIDN'T WIN BY MANY, AND IT WAS CURIOUS SINCE THE DISTRICT WAS ALSO ONE THAT HAD BEEN REDRAWN AND PREVIOUSLY A CONSERVATIVE STRONG HOLD.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTES PAID $6,201 DURING THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR HER ADVERTISING.
BUT MORE DISTURBING, THEY PAID $24,098.44 FOR OPPOSITION ADVERTISING.
HOW BILL SEVEN SENATE BILL 13 AND 397 NEEDED SUPPORT AND THEY WANTED HER VOTE.
DISTRICT 44 WAS NOT THE ONLY DISTRICT INFLUENCED.
I PROVIDED A SPREADSHEET WITH AMOUNTS I'VE LOCATED SO FAR.
PEOPLE ARE NOW WATCHING AND RESEARCHING.
WE WILL FIND THE INFORMATION AND JUST LIKE IN SPORTS, THE GAME IS ON NOW.
>> CHAIR HEIL: THANK YOU RAMONA.
MARK, MARY JO, FOLLOWED BY TERRY.
I WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE YOU ON THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE AROUND THE STATE WITH THE REFERENDUM PROJECT.
VALENCIA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PASSED A RESOLUTION SIMILAR TO THE ONE PRESENTED TO YOU ON YOUR LAST MEETING ON AUGUSTÂ 1STÂ ON AUGUSTÂ 17TH, CHAVEZ COUNTY PASSED A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE CONSTITUENTS RIGHTS.
AND OTHER COUNTIES, THE PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON SIX LAWS THAT WERE PASSED DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
IT'S A RIGHT THAT PEOPLE HAVE RESERVED THROUGH THE NEWÂ MEXICO CONSTITUTION.
THERE ARE ALSO CASES CURRENTLY IN THE COURTS INCLUDING THE SUPREME COURT ON THIS ISSUE.
WE HAVE BEEN EXCITED ABOUT THE NONPARTISAN SUPPORT WE HAVE RECEIVED ACROSS THE STATE.
PEOPLE ARE OKAY WITH ALLOWING THESE LAWS ON THE BALLOT IN 2024, AND I HOPE YOU WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT AS WELL.
>> CHAIR HEIL: THANK YOU MARK.
MARY JO STREETS, TERRY BURKELY, VICTORIA MARTIN.
>> MARY JO STREETS, SANDOVAL COUNTY.
COMMISSIONERS, WOULD YOU AGREE THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT FORUM OF THE MEETINGS IS TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE COMMUNICATION? WOULD YOU AGREE THAT BY COMMUNICATING WE MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIPS? WOULD YOU AGREE THAT IN ORDER TO COMMUNICATE SUCCESSFULLY, WE NEED DIALOGUE.
IN THE PAST 18 MONTHS, YOUR PEOPLE HAVE APPROACHED THIS PODIUM COMMUNICATING FACTS AND EMOTION.
IF ONE ASSUMES WE'RE COMMUNICATING, HOW IS IT THAT WE THE PEOPLE HEAR LARGELY RADIO SILENCE REGARDING OUR INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC COMMENTS.
DON'T YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? OR NEED CLARIFICATION? OR MIGHT YOU HAVE ANSWERS OR SUGGESTIONS? OR DO YOU CHOOSE TO BE PURELY A SOUNDING BOARD HOPING OUR CONCERNS BOUNCE BACK AND DISSIPATE.
THIS PAST COMMISSION MEETING I CALLED THREE COUNTY INDIVIDUALS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.
AS A RESULT OF YOUR REPETITIVE BEHAVIOR, I CAN CONCLUDE YOU DON'T CONSIDER YOUR PEOPLE'S COMMENTS WORTH YOUR ATTENTION OR CONSIDERATION IN DECISIONS
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INVOLVING MATTERS OF SANDOVAL COUNTY.OH, BUT WAIT: AREN'T WE THE VOTERS? COMMISSIONER HEIL, AS CHAIRMAN, I SUGGEST THAT FUTURE COMMISSION MEETING AGENDAS HAVE A SUBJECT TITLED COMMISSION PUBLIC COMMENT FEEDBACK.
OF COURSE, THAT FEEDBACK WOULD BE FROM THE CONTENT OF THE PREVIOUS COMMISSION MEETING.
ADDITIONALLY AN E MAIL ADDRESS SPACE SHOULD BE INCLUDED ON THE SIGNUP SHEET TO ALLOW YOU TO RESPOND WITH QUESTIONS, ANSWERS AND SUGGESTIONS.
IN THIS WAY, WE CAN EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE THROUGH EXCHANGE OF IDEAS TO RESOLVE CONFLICT AND MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER.
COMMISSIONERS, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FEEDBACK REGARDING MY SUGGESTION THIS EVENING.
>> CHAIR HEIL: THANK YOU MARY JO.
TERRY MURKLY, VICTORIA MARTIN, RHONDA ORCHARD.
>> COMMISSIONERS, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE DRIVEN A COUNTRY ROAD GOING THE SPEED LIMITÂ PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN RURAL AND SEMI-RURAL AREAS SPEED ON THEIR TWO LANE HIGHWAYS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE ROADS WELL AND WANT TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
IS IT RIGHT? OF COURSE NOT, THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE DO AND THAT IS HOW ACCIDENTS HAPPEN.
THROW IN THE POTENTIAL OF ANIMALS, AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND WELL NEWÂ MEXICO HAVE YOU A PROBLEM.
THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION SAFETY REPORTÂ TENTH FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING ARREST AND 12TH FOR SPEEDING.
THE NEWÂ MEXICO DEPARTMENT THE TRANSPORTATION REPORTED 657 ROAD DEATHS.
93 PEDESTRIANS WERE KILLED, 106 DEATH DUE TO ALCOHOL, 188 DEATHS BY NOT WEARING A SEATBELT.
LIKELIHOOD OF ANIMAL VEHICLE COLLISIONS.
ONE OUT OF 182 VERSE WESTÂ VIRGINIA RANKED FIRST WITH ONE OUT OF 37.
LEADING CAUSES OF CAR ACCIDENTS IS DRIVER INATTENTION, DRIVING THE INFLUENCE AND SPEEDING.
IN OTHER WORDS HUMAN ERROR NOT ANIMALS.
ORDINANCE CITES FREE ROAMING HORSES AS THE DRIVING CAUSE OF SAFETY ISSUES.
DURING THE AUGUST MEETING, THE SHERIFF COULDN'T PROVIDE STATISTICAL DATA SHOWING THE RELATION BETWEEN CAR ACCIDENTS, DEATH ANDÂ HORSE PROBLEM WHEN REALITY IT'S A PEOPLE PROBLEM.
PEOPLE OF THE CHAMBER HAVE FAILED THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY BY NOT DOING DUE DILIGENCE AND FULLING UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUE.
HAVING HARD EVIDENCE TO BACK UP CLAIMS AND PASSING AN ORDINANCE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
PUT UP A NEW BUILDING, TAKE THE ORDINANCE, SHRED IT AND START FRESH.
YOU OWE IT TO THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY TO GET IT RIGHT.
>> CHAIR HEIL: TERRY, ARE YOU ABOUT TO WRAP?
>> YES, MANY SITTING HERE TONIGHT AND LAW ENFORCEMENTÂ >> CHAIR HEIL: THAT IS NOT WRAPPING.
>> SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THEM BEFORE.
BY LAW THEY HAVE TO BE SENT BEFORE THE MEETING IS HELD, HENCE NOTICES.
THEY STATE FOR SHAREHOLDERS OF RECORD AT A SPECIFIC DATE.
THE SHAREHOLDERS ARE CALLED UPON TO ELECT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO GIVE A SMALL GROUP OF THE SHAREHOLDERS THE RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY TO OVERSEE THE PROPER RUNNING OF THE CORPORATION.
YOU COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE NO DIFFERENT.
THE ELECTORATE OF THE COUNTY IS CALLED TO GIVE A SMALL GROUP, YOU FIVE, THE RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY TO OVERSEE THE PROPER RUNNING OF THE COUNTY.
I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW YOUR VOTER ROLLS ARE FICTION.
YOU HAVE NO FOUNDATION TO RUN AN ELECTION OFF OF THOSE RECORDS.
THE HAPPENED OUT YOU RECEIVED IS NOTICE TO YOU OF THAT.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT ANY RECORD CAN BE MR. YOU CANNED ELECTRONICALLY OUT OF THE ROLLS.
WE KNOW THAT GENERATING BALLOTS TO MATCH A MACHINE COUNT IS A PHYSICAL CLEANUP PROCESS, HENCE THE MULES AND DROP BOXES.
WE'VE HAD PROOF OF THESE THINGS FOR A LONG TIME.
COUNTY HAS TO TAKE BACK THE VOTER ROLLS AS BEFORE.
A MERE 100,000 RECORDS IN SANDOVAL OR NOTHING FROM THEIR USE IS CERTIFIABLE.
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>> CHAIR HEIL: THANK YOU VICTORIA.
NEXT WE HAVE RHONDA ORCHARD, BETH DOWELING, AND JOHN BELTERY.
>> GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS, RHONDA, SANDOVAL COUNTY.
BETWEEN 196 GO AND 1965, I WITNESSED AT LEAST 36 AIR RAID DRILLS IN HAWAII.
EVERY MONTH LIKE CLOCKWORK THEY CAME.
MORNING, NOON, NIGHT, YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHEN.
AND THE ELECTRICITY WOULD GO OFF.
I REMEMBER SEVERAL TIMES WE HAD TO FINISH OUR COOKING ON A HIBACHI.
WE WERE TAUGHT TO KEEP FRESH WATER AND SPAM ON HAND.
IT WAS NOT PELE'S REVENGE ASSAULTING THE SHORES ON AUGUSTÂ 8.
THIS WAS A DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPON ATTACK FOR THE PURPOSES OF A LAND GRAB AS PLANS FOR TARA FORMINGÂ GOVERNOR'S MANSION.
THIS IS A FACT, NOT A THEORY AS DEEP STATERS WOULD LIKE TO CALL THEM.
HAWAIIANS REPORT THAT FEMA AND THE REDÂ CROSS HAVE PREVENTED RELIEF BOATS LIKE THE CAJUN NAVY FROM OFFLOADING FOOD AND WATER TO THE VICTIMS. REPORTS CONFIRM THAT MAINSTREAM MEDIA WON'T REPORT THATÂ AND ENFORCING INSURGENT AND MURDEROUS FELONS WHO HAVE INFILTRATED FEMA, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD.
DID YOU CATCH THAT? ILLEGALS AND FELONS HAVE BEEN WEAPONIZED AND PLANTED INTO ONCE RESPECTED ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS SUMMER, I HAVE PERSONALLY FINGERPRINTED FELONS WITH TEAR DROPS ON THEIR EYES AND CHEEKS HIRED TO WORK AT CYFD AND CHILD DAYCARE CENTERS.
WE'RE IN A WAR PEOPLE, AND DUE OPERATORS HAVE SITES ON SEVERAL STATES, INCLUDING IN INCOME N.
GOD HELP US ALL IF NEWÂ MEXICO'S AGENCIES DECIDE NOT TO PROTECT US IN SUCH A SITUATION.
I PUT ALL OF NEWÂ MEXICO ON NOTICE.
IF WE GET BURNED OUT, KEEP YOUR EYES ON WHAT HAPPENS TO THE KIDS.
>> CHAIR HEIL: THANK YOU RHONDA.
BETH DOWELING, JOHN BELTERY, AND JAN PAR.
>> GOOD EVENING, BETH, SANDOVAL COUNTY.
I ALSO SAY THAT I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH THE REFERENDUM PETITION MOVEMENT.
I'M A SANDOVAL COUNTY CAPTAIN VOLUNTEER.
I KNOW MARK PROVIDED INFORMATION.
AS A GRASSROOTS LEVEL IN SANDOVAL COUNTY, WE'VE BEEN ALL OVER THIS COUNTY.
FROM THE MOST CERTAINLY IN RIOÂ RANCHO AND CHURCHES, PARKS, WE'VE CONNECTED WITH THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
WE'VE BEEN AT LIBRARIES, WE WENT UP TO THE HUMMINGBIRD MUSIC CAMP WITH AN EVENT UP THERE IN THE JEMEZ.
WE DID THE SANDOVAL COUNTY, WHAT DID WE DO, SANDOVAL COUNTY FAIR, SAW COMMISSIONER HEIL THERE.
AND SUNDAY IS A FUN DAY MOST RECENTLY.
THE RESPONSE WE GET FROM THE PUBLIC IS INSPIRING.
NOT ONLY DO MOST PEOPLE NOT KNOW ABOUT THE REFERENDUM, THE ABILITY FOR US TO MOVE TOWARDS GETTING PETITIONS SIGNED SO WE CAN GET THESE ON THE BALLOT, BUT MOST IMPORTANT THING I'LL SAY, WE HAVE DIFFERENT ATTITUDES.
WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE PEOPLE TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE WE WANT TO GO.
SO WE ENCOURAGE THIS INFORMATION TO GET OUT.
WE HAVE UNTIL NEXT YEAR TO OBTAIN ABOUT 70,000 SIGNATURES AROUND THE STATE FOR THE BILLS ON THE REFERENDUM.
THE TRAIN HAS TAKEN OFF FROM THE STATION AND WE'RE ALL ON BOARD AND HOPE TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE JOIN US.
>> CHAIR HEIL: THANK YOU BETH.
I WOULD LIKE MY COMMENTS RECORDED.
I WOULD LIKE TO REFLECT A LITTLE BIT ON THE PAST, THE CURRENT AND FUTURE.
I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH THE PAST BY READING A QUOTE.
WORD FOR WORD, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY HEARD AND NEVER WILL FORGET.
THERE ARE SOME THAT WOULD LIKE TO FORGET.
THE QUOTE IS WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER I THINK THE MOST EXTENSIVE AND INCLUSIVE VOTER FRAUD ORGANIZATION IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN POLITICS.
TONIGHT THERE WILL BE SEVERAL SPEAKERS FOLLOWING ME.
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THEY WILL TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT ISSUES AND CONCERNS AROUND ELECTION INTEGRITY THAT HAVE EXISTED FOR NEARLY THE PAST TWO YEARS.THESE ISSUES ARE AROUND FALSE NARRATIVES.
HOW EVERY VOTE SHOULD COUNT, VOTING SHOULD BE MADE EASY USING RACE CARD AND VOTER SUPPRESSIONÂ SAME DAY REGISTRATION, ABSENTEE AND EARLY VOTING.
BALLOT HARVESTING, CENTRALIZED COUNTY CENTERS.
OVER VOTING AND BLACK BOX LOADING, MAILING OF UNSOLICITED BALLOTS AND ALSO DROP BOXES.
IN THE FUTURE OR THE (INDISCERNIBLE) I WOULD SEE TO RESTORE ELECTION INTEGRITY IS SIMPLE.
BUT NOT SO EASY AS WE'VE LEARNED IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS.
SILENT MAJORITY IS NOT SO SILENT BUT STILL THE MAJORITY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON MAKING WRONGS RIGHT AND PROCESSES THAT ARE NOT GOOD, BETTER.
THIS WILL BE DONE, THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE.
TO BE DONE IN A POLITE PROFESSIONAL MANNER LIKE WE CONTINUE TO DO IN THE BEST INTEREST OF MANKIND.
WE CLAMOR TO RESTORE ELECTION INTEGRITYÂ SEPARATE PAPER BALLOTS FOR (INDISCERNIBLE) AFTER POLLS CLOSE WE THE PEOPLE MUST USE ALL OF THE ABOVE STRATEGIES TO RESTORE ELECTION INTEGRITY.
THIS IS A WOUND THAT WILL NOT HEAL UNTIL WE DO SO AND REMEMBER WE TOGETHER CAN AND WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
>> CHAIR HEIL: THANK YOU JOHN.
JAN PAR, PAM HANSON AND DR. GERALD.
MY NAME IS JAN, I LIVE IN SANDOVAL COUNTY.
THIS EVENING I'LL TALK TO YOU REGARDING A FALSE NARRATIVE, COUNTING EVERY VOTE, AND VOTING SHOULD BE MADE EASY.
POLITICIANS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE IDEA HAVE WANTED TO UNDERMINE ELECTION INTEGRITY AND SEEM TO HAVE NO PROBLEM GETTING ON THE SAME PAGE AND CONSISTENTLY REPEATING THE FAULTS NARRATIVES THAT THEY HAVE USED SUCCESSFULLY IN THE PAST TO FORCE INCREMENTAL CHANGES TO THE ELECTION SYSTEM THAT CHIP AWAY AT THE INTEGRITY.
LOCK STEP LIARS CAN BE SETTLED IN THEIR DECEITFULNESS AT TIMES AND OTHER TIMES THEY'RE VERY BOLD.
AT TIMES IT IS THE SMALLEST TWIST OF THE TRUTH.
SOMETIMES IT'S A LIE SO OUTLANDISH IT GAINS ACCEPTANCE AFTER CONSISTENT REPETITION.
THERE'S A MANTRA TO COUNT EVERY VOTE.
IT MAY SOUND GOOD ON THE SURFACE, BUT WHAT IS REALLY MEANT IS TO COUNT EVERY VOTE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE VOTE IS LEGALLY CAST BY A CITIZEN ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.
THOSE THAT SEEK AND SPEAK THE TRUTH QUICKLY RECOGNIZE THIS LIE AND COUNTER IT WITH EVERY LEGAL VOTE.
THEY USE THE MANTRA IN HOPES THE AVERAGE PERSON WILL BLINDLY ACCEPT THEIR ASSERTION THAT COUNTING SHOULD CONTINUE OF ALL VOTES, THAT THEY MANAGE TO STUFF INTO BALLOT BOXES REGARDLESS OF HOW EGREGIOUS THE METHODS OF FRAUD ARE.
THIS IS ANOTHER MANTRA THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE WITH NO REGARD FOR THE IMPACT ON ELECTION INTEGRITY.
AT A TIME IT IS OBVIOUS WE NEED TO MOVE AWAY FROM ALL ELECTRONIC VOTING, AND ELECTRONIC TABULATION OF VOTES.
THEY WOULD HAVE US MOVE TOWARD INSTEADÂ THANKS.
PAM HARRIS, DR. GERALD SIANELO, MARY BURGESS.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME? PAMELA HANSON, BERNALILLO COUNTY.
I WOULD LIKE MY COMMENTS RECORDED ONÂ >> CHAIR HEIL: CAN YOU LEAN INTO THE MICROPHONE CLOSER?
>> THIS EVENING I'M GOING TO TALK ON DIRTY VOTING ROLES, MOTOR VEHICLEÂ CONCERNED ABOUT ELECTION INTEGRITY HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY THROUGH THE COURTS TO TRY TO REQUIRE STATES AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO CLEAN UP THEIR VOTER ROLLS.
THESE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN FOUGHT TOOTH AND NAIL, AND WHEN JUDICIAL WATCH AND OTHERS PREVAIL, COMPLIANCE DOES NOT NECESSARILY FOLLOW.
THE PROBLEM IS SO BAD THAT SOME JURISDICTIONS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE
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REGISTERED VOTERS IN THEIR VOTER ROLLS THAN OUR VOTER AGE ADULTS AND THEIR JURISDICTION.MOTOR VEHICLE VOTER REGISTRATION.
SOME STATES LIKE NEWÂ MEXICO ALLOW VOTER REGISTRATION WHEN PEOPLE GET THE DOCTRINES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
THEY USE THE ARGUMENT THAT IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET REGISTERED TO VOTE.
THAT IS TRUE, BUT THE PROBLEM IS THEY'RE LAX IN VERIFYING THE INDIVIDUALS AND SEEKING TO REGISTER TO VOTE AT THE DMV ARE ACTUALLY UNITED STATES CITIZENS.
IN SOME STATES, IT IS AS SIMPLE AS CHECKING A BOX THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER TO VOTE.
AND YOU BECOME REGISTERED AUTOMATICALLY.
MAKING REGISTRATION TOÂ REGISTRATION TO VOTE EASIER MAKES IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE ILLEGALLY.
DR. GERALD SIANELO, MARY BURGESS, AND CAROL DULY.
I'M DR. GERALD SIANELO FROM THE BERNALILLO COUNTY.
I WOULD LIKE MY COMMENT RECORDED FOR PUBLIC RECORDS.
THIS EVENING I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT PLAYING THE RACE CARD IN VOTER SUPPRESSION.
ALL PARTIES BUT SOME MORE THAN OTHERS ROUTINELY PLAY THE RACE CARD IN ORDER TO GUILT OR SHAME VOTERS AND OR CANDIDATES.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT THIS TACTIC IS WORN OUT AND WE THE PEOPLE HAVE RECOGNIZED THE TRUTH THAT EVERYONE THAT PLAYS THE RACE CARD IS INDEED A RACIST.
THE ONLY SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THE COUNTRY THAT WE HAVE OBSERVED IN (INDISCERNIBLE) PARTICULAR PARTY.
THIS PARTY HAS OVERUSED THIS TACTIC IN PURSUING ELECTION FRAUD FOR SOME TIME NOW.
NEXT THING IS VOTER SUPPRESSION.
THE BOY THAT CRIED WOLF, THIS PARTY OVER USED ACCUSATIONS OF VOTER SUPPRESSION.
THEY ALMOST ALWAYS COUPLE THIS ACCUSATION WITH PLAYING RACE CARD WHICH IS IN AND OF ITSELF IS RACIST ACT WHEN MAKING THE ACCUSATION.
THEY IMPLY THAT MEMBERS OF THE VICTIM GROUPS ARE STUPID OR INCOMPETENT.
IF WE WANT VOTER ID BECAUSE IT MAKES THE ELECTION MORE SECURE, SCREEN VOTER SUPPRESSION.
THEY ASSERT THE VOTES OF BLACK BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE SUPPRESSED BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE IDS OR CANNOT EASILY GET IDS.
ANY MEASURE WE MIGHT PROPOSE TO IMPROVE ELECTION INTEGRITY WILL ILLICIT CHARGES LIKE OTHER OR VOTER SUPPRESSION FROM CERTAIN PARTIES.
THE ONLY VOTE THAT TRUTH SEEKING PATRIOTS WOULD LIKE TO SUPPRESS IS ILLEGAL VOTES.
EVERY AMERICAN DESERVES THE SAME THING, WOULDN'T YOU AGREE.
MARY BURGES, CAROL DULY AND TO JEAN MONTOYA.
I WANT MY COMMENTS RECORDED FOR PUBLIC RECORD.
THIS EVENING I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT TWO THINGS.
SAME DAY REGISTRATION, ABSENTEE AND EARLY VOTING.
ALLOWING PEOPLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE ON THE SAME DAY AS AN ELECTION IS CONDUCTED AS ONE OF THE METHODS BY WHICH CERTAIN PARTIES PURE SUE THEIR ALL OF THE ABOVE STRATEGY TO UNDERMINE ELECTION INTEGRITY.
THERE NO REASON FOR STATES TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE ON ELECTION DAY OTHER THAN TO UNDERMINE ELECTION INTEGRITY.
IT MAKES TOO MUCH SENSE TO CLOSE THE WINDOW FOR VOTER REGISTRATION 30 DAYS PRIOR TO AN ELECTION.
IN ORDER TO PUBLISH A COMPLETE LIST OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN THE ELECTION.
THIS LOOKS TOO MUCH LIKE ELECTION INTEGRITY TO BE SOMETHING THAT CERTAIN PARTIES WOULD ACCEPT.
ALLOWING SAME DAY REGISTRATION LIKE MANY OF THE TACTICS AND METHODS IS AN ARTIFICIAL LINE DRAWN IN THE SAND.
THEY WILL GET THEIR MORAL HIGH HORSES AND VIGOROUSLY DEFEND THE RIGHT OF VOTERS TO REGISTER AS LATE AS POSSIBLE AS IF IT IS A NATURAL RIGHT GIVEN TO US BY
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OUR CREATOR, WHEN IN FACT THEY ARE SIMPLY MAXIMIZING THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO COMMIT ELECTION FRAUD.ABSENTEE VOTING AND EARLY VOTING HAS BEEN PROBLEMATIC, AND MAINTAINING ELECTION INTEGRITY IS GOOD DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN THE CHAIN OF CUSTODY ON SUCH BALLOTS.
AS BALLOTS BOUNCE AROUND THE POSTAL SERVICEÂ (ALARM).
>> CHAIR HEIL: THANK YOU MARY.
AND CAROL DULY, JEAN MONTOYA AND MIKA CRYSTAL.
I WOULD LIKE MY COMMENTS RECORDED FOR PUBLIC RECORD.
THIS EVENING I'LL TALK ABOUT BALLOT HARVESTING AND CENTRALIZED COUNTING CENTERS.
BALLOT HARVESTING IS INTRODUCED DURING THE 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RACES IN CALIFORNIA WHERE DEMOCRATSÂ THE PRACTICE OF THIRD PARTIES IS GOING TO BE GATHERING ABSENTEE BALLOTS FOR VOTERS TO CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COERCION AND INTIMIDATION, BRIBERY AND SWITCHING OF DISCARDED BALLOTS.
IT'S A SERIOUS CHAIN OF CUSTODY ISSUE.
NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM DOES THIS IMPROVE ELECTION INTEGRITY WITHOUT THE PROCESS, CENTRALIZED COUNTING CENTERS, COUNTING CENTERS HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR POTENTIAL ELECTION FRAUD TO OCCUR.
MACHINES CREATE PERFECT OPPORTUNITIES FOR NOTORIOUS ACTORS TO STEAL ELECTIONS BOTH DEMOCRATS AND UNSCRUPULOUS REPUBLICANS.
THIRD PARTY ACTORSÂ MASSIVE COUNTING CENTERS WITH WIDE OPEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR FRAUD.
BY USING THE COMPLEX BALLOTS, THERE A WAY TO CREATE THIS PROBLEM COMBINING NUMEROUS DECISIONS.
ONE OF THE BEST ILLUSTRATIONS IS THE PROBLEM THAT OCCURRED IN 2018 MIDTERM ELECTION IN BROADER COUNTY FLORIDA.
SEEMS (INDISCERNIBLE) 2,500 BALLOTS.
AT THIS TIME SHE SAID THEY'RE HERE SOMEWHERE.
AFTER MORE THAN A RECOUNT THAT CAME UP SHORT USING CENTRALIZED COUNTING CENTERS CREATE HUGE PROBLEMS FOR MAINTAINING CONTROL OF CUSTODY.
THIS GIVES ACTORS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CON DUCK FRAUD ON A MASSIVE SCALE WITH ONLY A FEW WITNESSES.
>> CHAIR HEIL: THANK YOU CAROL.
JEAN MONTOYA, MIKA CRYSTAL AND LAWRENCE GRIAGO.
>> GOOD EVENING, JEAN, SANDOVAL COUNTY.
I WOULD LIKE MY COMMENTS RECORDED FOR PUBLIC RECORD.
I'M SPEAKING ON OVER VOTING, AND BLACK BOX VOTING.
WHEN IT COMES TO VOTER TURNOUT, THAT IS CLOSE TO OR EXCEEDS THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE PEOPLE OF VOTING AGE IN CERTAIN ELECTION JURISDICTIONS, IT HAS BEEN OBSERVED THAT THESE IMPRESSIVE TURN OUTS ALMOST ALWAYS HAPPEN TO BE IN DEMOCRATIC MINORITY DISTRICTS.
WE HAVE BEEN TOLERATING THESE UNLIKELY OUTCOMES FOR TOO LONG.
VOTING ELECTRONICALLY AND ELECTRONIC TABULATION OF VOTES IS ONE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE AREAS IN OUR ELECTION SYSTEM WHERE THE METHODS ARE USED BECAUSE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON TO UNDERSTAND AND OBSERVE THE PROCESS FROM START TO FINISH.
THAT IS WHY MANY COUNTIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES ABSOLUTELY FORBID ELECTRONIC VOTING OR VOTE TABULATIONS OF ANY KIND.
THE INCREMENTAL UNDER MINING OF ELECTION INTEGRITY HAS MADE THE BLACK BOX VOTING ALMOST ESSENTIAL.
BEV HARRIS, AUTHOR OF BLACK BOX VOTING AND BENNY SMITH DOCUMENTED THESE RISKS MANY YEARS AGO ON THEIR WEBSITE.
IN A VIDEO ENTITLED FRACTION MAGIC, IT DEMONSTRATED THE OBSTACLES OF MACHINE VOTING AND TABULATIONS.
THE MANIPULATION OF ELECTRONIC VOTING TABULATION IS NOT LIMITED TO DEMOCRATS.
AS THE NONPARTISAN EFFORTS OF BEV AND BENNY REVEALED ELECTION FRAUD IN REPUBLICAN
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RACES AS WELL.THEIR WORK SHOULD CONVINCE ANYONE DESIRING HONEST ELECTIONS TO REJECT ELECTRONIC VOTING AND TABULATION OF VOTES.
THIS HELPS IMPROVE ELECTION INTEGRITY GOING PARDON AND RESTORING TRUST IN THE AMERICAN VOTING SYSTEM.
DUTY IS OURS, RESULTS ARE GOD'S.
MIKA CRYSTAL, LAWRENCE GREGO, AND NOAH.
>> GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
MIKA CRYSTAL, SANDOVAL COUNTY.
I WOULD LIKE MY COMMENTS RECORDED.
OH, OF COURSE, I LIKE MICROPHONES.
THIS EVENING I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT MAILING UNSOLICITED BALLOTS AND BALLOT DROP BOXES.
MAILING UNSOLICITED BALLOTS, MAILING TO ALL VOTERS ON THE ROLLS OF PRIMARILY DEMOCRATIC CONTROLLED ELECTION JURISDICTIONS IS ONE OF THE MOST EGREGIOUS ACTIONS TAKEN BY DEMOCRATS IN THE 2020 ELECTION.
COVID 19 WHICH WE ALL KNOW WAS VERY SUSPECT, WAS USED AS A JUSTIFICATION FOR TAKING THIS UNPRECEDENTED ACTION.
NOT ONLY DID THEY SEND UNSOLICITED ABSENTEE BALLOTS TO PROPERLY REGISTERED VOTER CITIZENS, THEY ALSO INCLUDED ALL OF THE DUBIOUS VOTERS IN THEIR DIRTY VOTER ROLLS.
I THINK WE GOT NOT BALLOTS, TWO OF US.
THEY RESISTED THE EFFORTS TO CLEAN UP THE VOTER ROLLS OF DEAD VOTERS, OR VOTERS THAT HAD MOVED AWAY.
AND THEY KNOWINGLY AND SHAMEFULLY MAILED EXCESS ABSENTEE BALLOTS TO THEM ANYWAY.
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE GONE WRONG WITH THIS SCENARIO? THANK YOU.
>> CHAIR HEIL: YES THANK YOU MIKA.
LAWRENCE GREGO, NOAH AND GARY MILES.
>> GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN, COMMISSIONERS, LAWRENCE GREGO, FROM SANDOVAL COUNTY.
I WOULD LIKE MY COMMENTS ON THE RECORD.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT CAPITALISM.
UNITED STATES ELECT TORAL SYSTEM HAS OPERATED ON A PAY TO PLAY BASIS WHERE MONEY HAS PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN WHO GETS ELECTED AND WHO GETS ACCESS TO ELECTED OFFICIALS ONCE THEY'RE ELECTED.
EARLY IN THE PROCESS, MANY CANDIDATES BEND THE KNEE TO THE KING MAKERS, LOBBYISTS AND MAJOR DONORS.
MANY ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE ELECTED WITH THE SENSE OF INDEBTEDNESS TO THE MONEY INTEREST THEY BELIEVE GOT THEM ELECTED.
THE PROBLEM STARTS ON A SMALL SCALE AND ESCALATES TO PROPORTIONS UNHEARD OF AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
THERE ARE RECENT EXAMPLES TO SHOW HOW OPENLY EGREGIOUS CRONY CAPITALISM MANIFESTS ITSELF BY THOSE AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
WAS THERE QUIDÂ PROÂ QUO INVOLVED WITH THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS GRANTED TO A PUBLISHER TO DEVELOP COMMON CORE CURRICULUM THAT PAID OBAMA OF $5Â MILLION FOR A BOOK DEAL? WAS THE CLINTON FOUNDATION A PAY TO PLAY SCHEME THAT DRIED UP AFTER CLINTON LOST HER BID FOR THE PRESIDENCY.
BOX VOTING HUNTER BIDEN BEEN ABLE TO SECURE DEALS WITH COUNTRIES LIKE UKRAINE AND CHINA IF HIS FATHER WAS NOT VICE PRESIDENT.
IS THE ARTWORK SOLD SIMPLY A PAYOFF FOR ACCESS AND INFLUENCE WITH HIS DAD? AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
THE GREATEST THREAT THAT CRONY CAPITALISM POSES TO THE UNITED STATES SOVEREIGN TEA AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY IS THE WAY THE CORRUPT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GLOBAL CORPORATIONS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS HAS LED TO THE SELLING OUT OF THE UNITED STATES CITIZENS.
BIG CORPORATIONS ARE USING THEIR MONEY TO INFLUENCE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND BUILD MOUNTS AROUND THEIR MONOPOLIES AND RIGGED SYSTEMS. THANK YOU.
>> CHAIR HEIL: THANK YOU LAWRENCE.
NOAH, GARY MILES, FOLLOWED BY PATIENT ODOUD.
PATIENCE AND I HAVE A NAME MIKE, LAST NAME STARTS WITH A T BUT BEYOND THAT, OKAY.
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>> I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR THE CHAIRMAN.
>> >> CHAIR HEIL: YOU WANT TO SPEAK.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR THE CHAIRMAN.
>> CHAIR HEIL: THE CHAIRMAN IS NOT GOING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> CHAIR HEIL: WE'LL BE GLAD TO HEAR.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS.
WE'RE HERE TO LISTEN, NOT HAVE A DIALOGUE.
>> WHY DON'T YOU HAVE, ALLOW THEÂ >> CHAIR HEIL: YOUR TIME IS CLICKING AWAY.
>> YOU SHUT UP AND LET ME SPEAK.
>> CHAIR HEIL: TAKE THIS GUY OUT OF HERE.
>> CHAIR HEIL: HURRY UP AND FINISH SPEAKING.
YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE AND 12Â Â SECONDS.
>> WHEN YOU HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, WHY NOT ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO SPA HE CAN AND PARTICIPATE.
THIS LEDA THING YOU CAN'T DO IT.
IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL TO GIVE PUBLIC MONEY TO A PUBLIC, A PRIVATE BUSINESS.
AND WAYNE JOHNSON, YOU SHOULD RESIGN FOR HIRING A $130,000 THUG TO RULE OVER PLACITAS IN A DICTATORSHIP MANNER.
HE IS HATEFUL LIKE YOU AND ALL OF YOU.
IT TAKES WHAT, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, COME ON, GIVE ME A BREAK.
I WAS ALLOWED TO KEEP SPEAKING.
YOU CAN GO BACK TO YOUR POSITION.
I'VE GOTTENÂ Â SECONDS, YOU CAN HAVE THE TENÂ SECONDS.
WHY NOT LOOK UP AND LISTEN TO PEOPLE.
YOU'RE WRITING DURING EVERYBODY'S SPEAKING.
>> CHAIR HEIL: GARY YOUR TIME IS UP.
>> YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO THEM.
>> CHAIR HEIL: AS A MATTER OF FACT I AM, I'M TAKING NOTES.
I'M PATIENCE, PRESIDENT OF THE WILD HORSES OBSERVERS ASSOCIATION.
I THOUGHT I WOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING FUN TONIGHT.
SOMETHING THAT IS HIDDEN IN THE UNITED STATES AND ESPECIALLY IN SANDOVAL COUNTY.
IN 1941, IT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE ABOUT THE CAVE DIG, THE ARCHEOLOGICAL DIG AT THE SANDIA MAN CAVE IN SANDOVAL COUNTY, 2Â MILES FROM MY HOME.
THIS WAS, CAN'T BE FAKE NEWS BACK IN 1941.
RIGHT? THIS WAS PUBLISHED WORK OF TWO DOCTORS, ONE FROM PHDS, ONE FROM HARVARD, AND ONE FROM UNM WORKING TOGETHER.
12 SPECIES OF ANIMALS ARE PRESENT IN ALL STRATA OF SANDIA, IT IS THE PLACE SEEN AND HALL SEEN.
ONLY THE GROUND SLOTH IS AN EXTINCT MEMBER.
SLOTHS REMAINS WERE FOUND ONLY IN THE LOWER MOST PORTIONS OF THE RECENT DEPOSIT IN THE REAR OF THE CAVE.
THE LAYER IS DISTINGUISHED BY THE HORSE.
THE BISON, CAMMING MAST DO NOT, AND MAMMOTH.
THIS IS HERE IN SANDIA MAN CAVE.
THE GROUPING OFÂ AND THE RECENT TIMES WHICH IS THE HALL SEEN.
NOW WE PASSED OUR BILL IN 2007 AFTER WORKING WITH PATRICIA MADRID, THEN THORN GENERAL IN 2004 AND 2007.
WHEN WE PASSED THAT BILL, WE INCLUDED THE GENOME MAPPING OF THE HORSE BECAUSE THAT IS THE YEAR IT WAS DONE.
SO, THE COMPLETE GENOME IS KNOWNÂ LEFT AND CAME BACK AND EVOLVED HERE FOR 55Â MILLION YEARS, AND THERE YOU HAVE IT IN THE SANDIA MAN CAVE, YOU CANNOT SAY THEY'RE NOT INDIGENOUS.
>> CHAIR HEIL: THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
MIKE, LAST NAME STARTS WITH A T.
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MY NAME IS MIKE, US ARMY RETIRED.
I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE CABAZON WOUNDED WARRIOR HAVEN.
WE'RE LOCATED IN THE TOWN, GHOST TOWN OF CABAZON.
I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND COMMISSIONER BLOCK FOR HIS SUPPORT IN HIS COMMITMENT AND ALSO LEADERSHIP TO THE VETERANS OF SANDOVAL COUNTY.
WE ARE A STRUGGLING BUNCH OUT THERE, AND HIS SUPPORT HAS BEEN AMAZING.
I'M ALSO A VOLUNTEER AND ALSO ON A BOARD FOR THE SANDOVAL, IT IS CALLED THE SAN LUIS CABAZON WATER COMMISSION.
AND I WANT TO COMMEND THE, ALL OF YOU GUYS FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT AND THE VALUABLE FUNDING THAT YOU AWARDED US FOR THE WATER PROJECT OUT THERE.
AND I WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE TO COMMEND COMMISSIONER BLOCK FOR SPEARHEADING THAT WITH THE COUNTY MANAGER, WAYNE JOHNSON.
THANK YOU GENTLEMAN AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
>> CHAIR HEIL: THANK YOU MIKE.
MOVING ON TO APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[9. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA]
WHICH I'LL REMIND EVERYONE EXCLUDES ITEM E.>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED.
[11.A. Request for a Motion to Adopt Resolution No. 8-23-23.11A Declaring the Intent to consider for adoption an Ordinance authorizing a Local Economic Development Project (LEDA) for Geobrugg, North America, LLC.]
ITEM 11.WE HAVE, THIS IS PROBABLY DORA.
WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE AGENDA IS REQUEST FOR A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO.
8 23 23.11A DECLARING THE INTENT TO CONSIDER FOR ADOPTION AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (LEDA) FOR GEOBRUGG, NORTH AMERICA, LLC.
THE RESOLUTION DECLARES THE COMMISSION'S INTENT TO CONSIDER ADOPTION A PROJECT ORDINANCE.
ISSUANCE OF THE LEDA FUNDS IS SUBJECT TO ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE BY THE COMMISSION AT A LATER DATE.
THE COMPANY, AN INTERNATIONAL MANUFACTURER OF STEEL WIRE NETTING HAS A PLANNED EXPANSION PROJECT.
FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT INCLUDE A LEDA GRANT COMPONENT FROM THE STATE OF NEWÂ MEXICO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND A DONATION OF SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT COST FROM THE COUNTY.
ALL RELATED DOCUMENT THAT'S GOVERN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND PROJECT COMPANY ARE AVAILABLE IN DRAFT FORM AS REQUIRED UNDER STATE STATUTE AND COUNTY LEDA ORDINANCE.
COUNTY LEDA FUNDS OF UP TO 30,000 COME FROM EXISTING FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR SUCH PROJECTS AND DO NOT INVOLVE USE OF ANY OTHER COUNTY FUNDS NECESSARY FOR THE OPERATION OF THE COUNTY.
THE COUNTY MANAGER, COUNTY DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND
COUNTY FINANCIAL ADVISOR >> I'M SORRY MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN WE HAVE THIS GENTLEMAN KEEP QUIET? I DON'T WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
>> CHAIR HEIL: WE'RE GOING TO PAUSE AND ASK MR. MILES TO LEAVE.
>> HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO BE QUIET OR LISTEN.
>> CHAIR HEIL: YOU CAN GET UP AND LEAVE OR WE CAN CARRY YOU OUT.
>> HE SHOULD APOLOGIZE FOR BEING SO RUDE.
>> I'M SORRY A GUY LIKE THATÂ >> CHAIR HEIL: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BLOCK.
>> YOU WANT ME TO REWIND? CHAIRMAN HEIL, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, THE COMPANY THAT REPRESENTS THIS LEDA
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PROJECT IS AN INTERNATIONAL MANUFACTURER OF STEEL WIRE NETTING WITH A PLANNED EXPANSION PROJECT.THE FUNDS INCLUDE A LEDA GRANT COMPONENT FROM THE STATE OF NEWÂ MEXICO.
AND A DONATION OF SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT FROM THE COUNTY.
ALL RELATED DOCUMENT THAT'S GOVERN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE COMPANY ARE AVAILABLE IN DRAFT FORM AS REQUIRED UPPED STATE STATUTE AND COUNTY LEDA ORDINANCES.
THE CONTRIBUTION IS 30,000 AND COMES FROM EXISTING FUNDS AND DO NOT INVOLVE THE USE OF COUNTY FUNDS NECESSARY FOR THE OPERATION OF THE COUNTY.
THE COUNTY MANAGER MYSELF, COUNTY'S FINANCIAL ADVISOR ALONG WITH THE STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE SANDOVAL ECONOMIC ALLIANCE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.
IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT IT WILL GENERATE MORE THAN 60, 60 NEW JOBS IN THE ALGADONES AREA OF THE COUNTY.
THEY'RE ADDING MANUFACTURING FACILITY SPACE IN THE CURRENT LOCATION.
IN ADDITION TO THEIR $8.8Â MILLION EXPANSION, PROJECTS ADDED CONTRIBUTION TOWARD INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS WITHIN THE ALGADONES BUSINESS PARK INCLUDES A DONATION OF LAND FOR THE COUNTY USE TO LOCATE A WATER TANK REQUIRED AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FIRE SUPPRESSION HYDRANT SYSTEM TO SUPPORT THE NUMBER OF COMPANIES LOCATED IN THAT GROWING BUSINESS PARK.
THE TOTAL COST OF THE SYSTEM IS ESTIMATED AT $1Â MILLION.
WITH THAT, I STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS WITH THIS EVENING IS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF GEOBRUGG, PIERCE REYNOLDS AND NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS STEP OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR THE COMPANY TO BE PRESENT, SO WE APPRECIATE PIERCE TAKING TIME TO JOIN THIS EVENING.
>> CHAIR HEIL: COULD I HAVE A MOTION?
>> CHAIR HEIL: I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU THE FIRST QUESTION.
THERE IS STATE LAWS WITH REGARD TO THE LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHAT THOSE LAWS ARE AT LEAST IN SUMMARY, AND WHY THEY EXIST.
UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS A LONG HISTORY IN THE UNITED STATES ABOUT ANTI DONATION.
IN RESPONSE TO THAT, AND THAT GOES BACK TO THE RAILROAD, RIGHT, THERE WAS A HISTORY IN AMERICA WHERE THE RAILROADS WERE BRIBED TO BRING THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE, THEIR PROJECTS TO CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.
SO I THINK THAT THAT IS KINDA THE WHERE IT STARTED, ANTI DONATION.
HOWEVER, IN ANY OTHER STATE, YOU KNOW, INCENTIVIZING JOBS, JOB CREATION, COMPETING ON A GLOBAL MARKET FOR THOSE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO COME AND CALL YOUR COMMUNITIES HOME AND BRING JOBS WITH THEM.
LEDA IS ALLOWED BY STATE STATUTE AND EVERY COMMUNITY THEN ENACTS LEDA HAS THEIR OWN THAT MIRRORS THE STATE STATUTE ALLOWING FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CONTRIBUTION FOR THE CREATION OF JOBS.
AND SECURITY EQUALS THE AMOUNT OF THE FUNDS THAT ARE BEING CONTRIBUTED.
IN MOST CASES, HAVE YOU A TERM ON LEDA PROJECTS OF ANYWHERE BETWEEN FIVE TO TEN YEARS.
HERE IN SANDOVAL COUNTY, WE'VE HAD SOME AS SMALL THAT MET PROJECT DELIVERABLES IN AS SHORT AS THREE YEARSÂ TIME.
CONTRARY TO WHAT PEOPLE THINK, WE HAVE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN NEWÂ MEXICO THAT ARE ALLOWED THANKFULLY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF JOBS GROWTH IN OUR STATE TO CREDIT BECAUSE WE ALLOW THAT.
SO, I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS FRED IS HERE AS WELL WITH SANDOVAL ECONOMIC ALLIANCE.
WE DO ALLOW FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR THE PURPOSE OF JOB CREATION.
>> CHAIR HEIL: SO, GEOBRUGG IS EXPANDING BY 20,000 SQUARE FEET.
YOU HAVE ANY ESTIMATE WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF THE TAX CONTRIBUTION THEY MAKE AS TO THE COUNTY AS A RESULT?
>> CHAIRMAN HEIL, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE INCLUDED DURING THE PUBLIC POSTING OF THE INTENT RESOLUTION IS THE FISCAL IMPACT ANALYSIS CONDUCTED BY THE STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT THAT DOES THEN SHOW THE RETURN OF INVESTMENT, WHAT $8.8Â MILLION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MEANS, NOT TO MENTION THE NUMBER OF JOBS AND THE SALARIES THAT ARE
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CONTRIBUTED AS PART OF THE PROJECTÂ EXPANSION.>> CHAIR HEIL: YOU MENTIONED AN INCREASE IN JOB.
>> CHAIR HEIL: PROJECTED TO BE 60 JOBS IN THE FUTURE.
>> YES IN ADDITION TO THE CURRENT NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AT GEOBRUGG WHICH IS CURRENTLY 46 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES.
STATUTE DOES REQUIRE THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFINE FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT OF 30 HOURS PER WEEK AS FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT.
>> CHAIR HEIL: SO THAT MEANS THEY'RE GOING TO EMPLOY ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WHO WILL PAY MORE TAXES IN OUR COMMUNITY, WILL BUY HOMES IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHO ARE GOING TO BUY CARS IN OUR COMMUNITY, ETÂ CETERA, CORRECT?
>> CHAIRMAN HEIL AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION IS REFERENCE TO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EXPANSION AND THE STATE AND COUNTY PARTNERING IS ALSO WITH THE POSSIBILITY THAT OTHER SUBSIDIARY SISTER COMPANIES OF GEOBRUGG WOULD CHOOSE TO LOCATE AT THIS LOCATION.
>> CHAIR HEIL: KEEPS GROWING AND GROWING.
>> CHAIR HEIL: OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER BLOCK.
>> IS THE GENTLEMAN FROM GEOBRUGG HERE? CAN HE COME TO THE MIC?
>> SO WE CAN SEE HIS HANDSOME FACE I GOTTA TELL YOU, THIS IS GREAT NEWS.
LOOKS LIKE YOUR COMPANY HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1951.
>> OUR COMPANY HAS BEEN AROUND 125 YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN IN NEWÂ MEXICO SINCE THE MID 90S.
BUT YOU GUYS, ARE YOU FAMOUS FOR WIRE ROPE NETS.
>> WE'RE THE WORLD LEADER IN PROVIDING WIRE ROPE NETS FOR THE SIDE OF HIGHWAYS IS WHERE YOU WOULD SEE IT BE MOST FAMILIAR WITH IT BUT ALSO FOR FACILITIES PROTECTING, WHEN WE HAVE WILDFIRES IN NORTHERN NEWÂ MEXICO.
>> YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN IN SWITZERLAND FOR AVALANCHES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
MA I OBJECT THIS GENTLEMAN HERE IS NOT A BIG FAN, BUT I'M A FAN.
WHY CHOOSE SANDOVAL COUNTY AND ALGADONES, WHY NOT ALBUQUERQUE AND BERNALILLO.
>> OUR ORIGINAL FACILITY IS IN SANTAÂ FE AND THE GENERAL MANAGER WANTED TO WILL I HAVE IN SANTAÂ FE.
WE STARTED THERE AND BUILT A FACTORY THERE.
WE OUTGREW IT AND IN 2011, WE MOVED DOWN THE RADIOED TO ALGODONES.
WE DRAW QUITE A NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES FROM THE PUEBLOS.
WHEN WE WERE IN SANTAÂ FE, EMPLOYEES WERE FROM SANTA DOMINGO AND THE NEW LOCATION IS CLOSE TO THAT.
WE'RE OFF THE FREEWAY IN ALGODONES.
>> YOU AND I HAVE BEEN HERE THE LONGEST, JANUARY OF 2017.
IN 2017, WE STARTED THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND.
I WANT TO SAY THAT ALGODONES HAS LED THE WAY IN THIS.
IS THIS THE THIRD, I THOUGHT WE HAD TWO PREVIOUS MANUFACTURING, IS THIS THE THIRD WE'VE DONE FOR ALTHOUGH ALGODONES?
>> WE ACTUALLY DID A SMALL LEDA PROJECT WITH GEOBRUGG BACK IN 2019.
>> MAYBE THAT IS WHAT I'M THINKING OF.
>> WE DID AKINS MANUFACTURING.
THAT WAS COUNTY LEDA FUNDS ONLY, AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER, THOSE MIGHT BE THIS ONE NOW WOULD BE THE THIRD LEDA PROJECT.
>> ALGODONES IS DOING WELL, SO THAT'S A GREAT STORY BECAUSE RURAL AMERICA IS GETTING THESE JOBS THERE, AND THAT IS IN RURAL AMERICA IS DYING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT NOT HERE IN SANDOVAL COUNTY.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING YOUR BUSINESS THERE AND EMPLOYING NEWÂ MEXICANS AND WORKING WITH TRIBAL PARTNERS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO GREAT SUCCESS FOR YOU, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M A BIG FAN.
JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BLOCK AND CHAIRMAN HEIL.
COMMISSIONERS WE'RE HAPPY TO BE LOCATED IN SANDOVAL COUNTY.
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AS DORA ALLUDED, WE'VE BOUGHT LAND NEXT TO OUR FACILITY AND INTEND TO MAKE IT A HUB OF MANUFACTURING IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE BRUCH COMPANIES.WE MAKE OTHER THINGS BESIDES THE WIRE NETS.
WE HAVE COMPANIES LOOKING TO LOCATE HERE AS WELL.
>> CHAIR HEIL: OTHER COMMENTS? HEARING NONE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AND COMMISSIONER BLOCK FOR RAISING THOSE QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU DORA FOR THE CLARIFICATION, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
>> CHAIR HEIL: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER JONES.
[11.B. Request for a Motion to Adopt Resolution No. 8-23-23.11B allocating funds from the Capital Projects Account to the Economic Development Project Account; Committing these monies will be used by the County for assistance in funding a new fire suppression facility in the Algodones area of the County; Giving instructions to the County Finance Director; and authorizing the County Manager to commence working on these projects.]
MADAM CLERK.>> THERE IS NO FIRE SUPPRESSION FIRE HYDRANT, FIRE ANYTHING IN THE AREA NOWHERE.
ALL OF THE NEW BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT ACCORDING TO CHIEF MASTERSON, IF THERE'S A FIRE, HE WOULD HAVE TO TANK WATER IN.
THE CLOSEST WATER SOURCE IS AT THE PLACITAS STATION OR HE COULD BUY WATER.
THEY HAVE TO THANK THEM AND BY THE TIME THEY GET THERE, YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE RESULT YOU WANT.
RESOLUTIONS B AND C BASICALLY FUND A NEW FIRE PROGRAM AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS FIRST OF ALL GEOBRUGG IS KIND IN DONATING THE LAND THAT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR THIS.
AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS IT WILL BE A WELL AND TANK AT THE TOP OF THEIR LAND SITE, AND THEN THROUGH GRAVITY FLOW THROUGH A NEW PIPELINE COME DOWN AND RIGHT ON THE ROAD THERE WHERE IT TURNS, THERE WILL BE A HYDRANT WHERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN GET WATER TO PUT OUT FIRES.
THE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS IS THAT ALL OF THE COMPANIES THAT DORA HAS TALKED TO, AND I'VE TALKED TO THREE SHE HASN'T TALKED TO, TELL US THEIR INSURANCE PREMIUMS ARE HIGH BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO FIRE SUPPRESSION SUPPORT AT ALL.
I MEAN, THERE IS LITERALLY NONE.
BY PUTTING THIS IN, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS GOING TO HELP THEIR FIRE INSURANCE RATES GO DOWN.
AND EXAMINE WE THINK IT WILL ALSO BECOME A ANOTHER SELLING POINT FOR BUSINESSES TO LOCATE THERE BECAUSE NOW THEY CAN SEE THAT THEY HAVE PROTECTION FOR THE BUSINESSES.
RESOLUTION B TRANSFERS $500,000 FIRST OF ALL LET ME GO BACK.
ORIGINALLY THE COST ESTIMATE FOR THIS WAS $500,000.
THE COMMISSION, WE DISCUSSED WITH THE COMMISSION ALLOCATED $250,000 OF ARPA MONEY AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GET THE REST OF THE MONEY.
WE HAD (INDISCERNIBLE) COME IN AND LOOK AT IT, AND COST CAME IN JUST SHY OF $1Â MILLION WHEN THEY PUT THE COST OF DRILLING THE WELL, THE COST OF A NEW TANK, WHAT HAVE YOU CAME IN CLOSE TO $1Â MILLION.
RESOLUTION B IS TO MOVE $500,000 FROM THE CAPITAL ACCOUNTS PROJECT OVER TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT COUNT.
THAT MONEY WILL BE USED TO PAY FOR HALF OF THE PROJECT.
THE INTERESTING PART ABOUT THAT IS ALL OF THE BUSINESSES HAVE AGREED TO PAY BACK THAT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OVER TEN YEARS WITH A 3Â PERCENT INTEREST.
RESOLUTION C MOVES HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN ARPA MONEY TO BE AUGMENTED WITH YOUR 500,000 FROM THE CAPITAL ACTS AND THAT FUNDS THE PROJECT.
THAT IS WHAT THE TWO RESOLUTIONS DO.
AND WITH THAT MR. CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS, WILL I STAND FOR QUESTIONS.
>> LET'S GET A MOTION ON THE TABLE FOR 11B.
SO, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, CHAIR HEIL.
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>> CHAIR HEIL: COMMISSIONER JONES.
>> MR. BURPO, WHAT WAS THE INTEREST RATE ON THAT PAYBACK PERIOD OVER TEN YEARS.
>> WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AT 3Â PERCENT WHICH IS ABOUT WHERE THE TAX EXEMPT TEN YEAR PAPER IS.
THE STATE OF NEWÂ MEXICO OFFERED TO DO IT AT 1Â PERCENT, BUT YOU HAVE TO PLEDGE A GROSS RECEIPTS TAX TO IT AND THAT CAUSES OTHER PROBLEMS AND RIPPLE EFFECTS.
SO CLOSING COSTS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
WE DO THIS INTERNALLY AT THE EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE THAT THE TEN YEAR DOUBLE A MUNICIPAL BOND RATE IS 3Â PERCENT.
>> CHAIR HEIL: OTHER COMMENTS? I GUESS I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO INVEST IN THE AREA OF ALGODONES, AND I'M ASSUMING THERE ISÂ I SHOULDN'T USE THAT WORD.
WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LAND USE, GROWTH IN THE AREA, AND, YOU KNOW.
>> ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE LANDOWNERS I HAVE TALKED TO OWNS THE CORNER ON SOUTHBOUND ALGODONES GOING SOUTHBOUND ON 25.
IT WOULD BASICALLY BE THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE OVERPASS, AND I 25 GOING SOUTH.
I HAVE TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THIS PROJECT, AND HE'S ONE OF THOSE THAT IS WILLING TO PITCH IN AND START, BECAUSE HIS PLANS ARE TO BUILD A RESTAURANT FACILITY THERE.
AND IT HAS ALREADY GONE THROUGH P AND Z IN THE COUNTY.
THAT PART WAS DONE LIKE THREE YEARS AGO.
OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MEEK.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT IS GREAT FOR THOUGHT TO PUT WATER OUT THERE.
THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE NEED OF COMMERCIAL BUSINESS TO PROTECT THEIR INVESTMENTS.
I BELIEVE THAT IS GOING TO FLOURISH NOW THAT THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE HAVE AGREED TO FUND HALF OF THE AMOUNT.
FOR THAT, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH GETTING ENGAGED THAT WAY.
I BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO HELP MORE BUSINESS COME INTO THE AREA.
WATER IS THE ONE THING THAT KEEPS PEOPLE OUT FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHAIRMAN AND BURPO.
>> CHAIR HEIL: ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MADAM CLERK.
[11.C. Request for a Motion to Adopt Resolution No. 8-23-23.11C Allocating Certain American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to the Economic Development Projects Account; Committing these monies will be used by the County for assistance in funding a new fire suppression facility in the Algodones area of the County; Giving instructions to the County Finance Director; and authorizing the County Manager to commence working on these projects.]
>> CHAIR HEIL: SORTA MORE OF THE SAME, RIGHT? WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I THINK WE'VE COVERED THEM.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS.
[12.A. Request for a Motion to Approve Professional Service Agreement between Sandoval County and American Fence Company in the amount of $129,016.95 to replace 5 vehicle gates and operators at SCDC and to Authorize the County Manager to sign any subsequent amendments. Sandoval County will be utilizing the State Price Agreement with American Fence Company for this project.]
REQUEST FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN SANDOVAL COUNTY AND AMERICAN FENCE COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $129,016.95 TO REPLACE 5 VEHICLE GATES AND OPERATORS AT SCDC AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER TO SIGN ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS.
SANDOVAL COUNTY WILL BE UTILIZING THE STATE PRICE AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN FENCE COMPANY FOR THIS PROJECT.
>> CHAIR HEIL: COMMISSIONER BLOCK.
>> CHAIR HEIL: OTHER COMMENTS? MADAM CLERK.
>> MR. CHAIR, THIS IS A REQUEST BY COMMISSIONER JONES.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER COMMISSIONER JONES WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS, BUT THIS IS A REQUEST FOR LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMISSION FOR THE DREAM CENTER WHO WORKS WITH SEX TRAFFICKING TEENAGERS AND HELPS TO GET THEM OUT OF THAT SITUATION.
SHOULD BE >> CHAIR HEIL: MR. JONES, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANY MORE ABOUT THAT.
[12.B. Request for a Motion of Approval to submit a letter expressing the Sandoval County Commission's unwavering support for The Dream Center's funding request to aid victims who have suffered at the hands of predators involved in the sex trafficking of teenagers and young adults to New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham.]
SO I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING WITH ROSLYN AND HER TEAM.THEY CAME OUT AND THEY PRESENTED A PLAN TO TAKE OVER THE AMI KIDS BUILDING OUT IN CUBA.
RIGHT NOW THEY ARE ASKING FOR FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING FROM THE DELEGATION AND THE GOVERNOR RIGHT NOW, AND YOU GUYS KNOW HOW FEDERAL MONEY WORKS.
THEY HAVE REQUESTED OR, YOU KNOW, UNTIL THE BILL IS PASSED, THEY HAVE APPROXIMATELY UP TO ABOUT $4Â MILLION TO EXECUTE THIS PROJECT.
AND THIS IS JUST A LETTER OF SUPPORT GOING OUT TO THE GOVERNOR STATING JUST THAT, AND JUST ASKING FOR SUPPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO SUPPORT THEM IN ASKING FOR FUNDS FROM THE GOVERNOR.
>> CHAIR HEIL: OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> CHAIR HEIL: COMMISSIONER BLOCK.
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I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COMMISSIONER JONES FOR PUSHING THIS BECAUSE AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING IS THE HIGHEST IT'S BEEN ON RECORD BECAUSE OF WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIM BECAUSE MAYBE THIS WILL HELP IN THE STATE OF NEWÂ MEXICO.
WE WERE JUST RATED THE WORST IN THE NATION IN CHILD WELFARE.
TWO KIDS WERE JUST KILLED, AND WE'VE ASKED THE GOVERNOR TO FOCUS ON THIS NOT JUST AS REPUBLICANS BUT NEWÂ MEXICANS.
MR. CHAIR AND COMMISSIONER JONES, WE NEED A SPECIAL SESSION TO REALLY LOOK AT THE PROCEDURES AT CYFD FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
THIS STATE IS FAILING TREMENDOUSLY, AND I APPRECIATE YOU AS A DEMOCRAT TO STEP UP AND PUT THIS FORWARD.
I HOPE THAT YOU WOULD STEP UP AS WELL WITH ME AND ASK THE GOVERNOR TO PUT THE NATIONAL GUARD DOWN AT THE BORDER TO STOP THIS SEX TRAFFICKING THAT YOU OPPOSE VEHEMENTLY.
>> CHAIR HEIL: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BLOCK.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MADAM CLERK.
WE NEED APPROVAL FROM COMMISSIONER JONES FOR USE OF THE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE.
>> CHAIR HEIL: WE NEED APPROVAL FROM COMMISSIONER BRUCH FOR USE OF THE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IS SEPTEMBERÂ 13TH, 6 P.M.
>> CHAIR HEIL: COMMISSIONER BLOCK.
>> I WANT TO THANK OUR COLLECT.
YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC HERE TALKED ABOUT VOTER ROLLS AND OUR CLERK OPENED UP HER OFFICE AND I THINK BETH WAS IN THERE, BUT WE NEEDED A LITTLE BIT BETTER SHOWING.
I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT AND I HOPE YOU DO THAT AGAIN.
I WANT TO SAY TO THE COUNTY CLERK AND JOEY D.
AS WELL, I APPRECIATE YOUR TRANSPARENCY A LOT.
SO THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH NNMT AND I WANT TO SEE A BETTER SHOWING WHEN IT COMES TO THE VOTER ROLL.
GOOD ON YOU FOR THAT MADAM CLERK.
MR. CHAIR, REAL QUICK, I WANT TO MAKE FOUR SHORT POINTS HERE.
THE, YOU KNOW, ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE THE RANGE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A NEW CAR IN NEWÂ MEXICO IS $50,000.
$50,000 MR. CHAIR IS 16 POINTLE PERCENT HIGHER THAN IT WAS IN JANUARY 2021 WHEN JOE BIDEN TOOK OFFICE.
AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER JONES FOR PUTTING THAT LETTER OF SUPPORT FORWARD.
BUT WE HAVE TO DO MORE AS NEWÂ MEXICANS.
MANY OF YOU SAW IN THE NEWS, NEWÂ MEXICO IS RATED THE WORST STATE TO LIVE IN.
ONE AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT PARTIES CONTROLLING IN MANY INCOME OVER THE PAST 90 YEARS, BUT THE POLICIES ARE BAD AND WE NEED A HECK OF A LOT, WE HAVE TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
MR. CHAIR, YOU TALK ABOUT INFLATION, AND JUST FOR THOSE KEEPING SCORE AT HOME, THIS EFFECTS RESIDENTS OF SANDOVAL COUNTY.
SO I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT SIMPLE CONCEPT.
INFLATION IS NOW COST THE AMERICAN FAMILY MR. CHAIR $709 MORE A MONTH SINCE JANUARY OF 2021.
WHICH IS WHY IT HAS LED TO RECORD CREDIT CARD DEBT IN THE COUNTRY, OVER $1Â TRILLION.
PEOPLE NOW MR. CHAIR, FAMILIES HAVE TO USE CREDIT CARDS TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
BECAUSE OF THIS ADMINISTRATION, WHICH HAS BEEN A DISASTER ECONOMICALLY FOR THE LOWER AND MIDDLE AMERICANS STRUGGLING OUT THERE.
WHICH CAUSES STRESS IN THE UNITED STATES, AND SUICIDE RATE NOW IS THE HIGHEST SINCE THE END OF WWII.
WHEN 16Â MILLION AMERICANS CAME BACK FROM FIGHTING NAZIS AND JAPANESE.
THAT IS PROBABLY WHY THE SUICIDE RATE WAS HIGH.
WE DIDN'T TAKE CARE OF EVALUATE VETERANS.
ALMOST 50,000 AMERICANS MR. CHAIR COMMITTING SUICIDE LAST YEAR.
AND, BY THE WAY, NEWÂ MEXICO PLAY AS A PART IN THAT.
NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY HAD THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE.
A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY THAT ARE WRONG.
THIS STATE HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL.
WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IN SANDOVAL COUNTY AS A SIMPLE MODEL OF SUCCESS THAT I WISH SANTAÂ FE WOULD FOLLOW.
THEY'RE BUSY FOLLOWING AN AGENDA THAT FAILS NEWÂ MEXICANS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BLOCK.
[13. APPROVAL OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES / SIGNING OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS]
>> CHAIR HEIL: COMMISSIONER MEEK.
I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE ON THE LOCAL FRONT SOME GOOD NEWS.
[14. ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE NEXT BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING: SEPTEMBER 13, 2023, at 6:00 P.M.]
[15. COMMISSIONERS DISCUSSION]
THERE IS GOING TO BE AÂ OH, I APOLOGIZE.AUGUSTÂ 23RD, THERE IS GOING TO BE AT PIZZA NINE A PERCENTAGE OF THE MONEY THAT THEY COLLECT FROM PURCHASES THAT ARE GOING TO GO TO A GENTLEMAN WHO CAME AND PRESENTED IT TO US A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO.
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I'M SORRY.GARY CAME AND TALKED ABOUT THE ADDICTION PROGRAMS THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE KEEPING UP WITH THE PACE OF PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THE DETENTION CENTER AND ALSO PRIVATE PEOPLE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT ONLINE, THERE IS THE ACTUAL TIMES OF THAT EVENT.
>> CHAIR HEIL: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MEEK.
A COUPLE COMMENTS IN REGARD TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
FIRST OF ALL I APOLOGIZE FOR THE RESOLUTION REFERENDUM NOT BEING ON THE AGENDA.
I ASKED THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO REVIEW IT, HE DID, I GOT BUSY THROWING A PARTY LAST WEEKEND.
WE WILL HAVE IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENT IS HERE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SHARE INFORMATION.
AND THIS IS THE TIME THIS PERIOD IS THE TIME IN WHICH THE COMMISSION CAN RESPOND TO THOSE COMMENTS.
THAT SORTA WHAT I'M DOING, AND I TEND TO DO THAT WHEN I SEE THINGS I CAN ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT.
I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT OUR WEEKLY COUNTY MANAGER MEETING, WE HAVE DISCUSSED HOW WE HANDLE THE HORSE PROCESS, AND HOW WE ADJUST OUR STRATEGY WITH REGARD TO THAT.
AND DEPUTY COUNTY MANAGER GARCIA HAS ASSURED ME HE'S WORKING WITH PEOPLE LOCALLY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO GO GET HORSES FED.
OR ALLOW PEOPLE TO FEED THEM WITHOUT CONSTRAINTS.
WE'RE WORKING THERE YOU THAT NOW, AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE A RESOLUTION ON THAT SOON.
>> NUDGE YOU THERE, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT FUN DAY.
>> CHAIR HEIL: YES, SUNDAE IS FUN DAY.
I APPRECIATE THE FOLK THAT'S TURNED OUT.
I UNDERSTAND WE PICKED UP A FEW NEW EMPLOYEES.
THE COUNTY HAS BOOTH SPACES AT THE EVENT AND HOW DID YOUR TIME GO THERE? YOU DID GOOD ROUNDING UP SOME PEOPLE.
>> AND DOGS WERE ADOPTED AS WELL.
>> CHAIR HEIL: WE HAD OVER 6,000 PEOPLE ATTENDING DURING THE DAY.
SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD FUN, AND, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T LOSE ANY KIDS.
WE LOST A DOG FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
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BUT WE HELPED TO FIND THE DOG.(LAUGHTER) AND GOT JOHN VELTRY HIS DOG BACK.
WITH THAT, CAN I HAVE A MOTION ON NUMBER >> MR. CHAIR.
>> I HAVE QUICK COMMENTS IF I MAY.
>> CHAIR HEIL: DID WE LOSE YOU? THAT'S A DIRTY TRICK.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE WELL WISHES FOR ME AND MY FAMILY.
MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER PASSED WAY, 104 YEARS OLD.
WE WERE OUT DUE TO A LOSS IN THE FAMILY.
I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PRAYERS AND E MAILS AND PHONE CALLS.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK MICHAEL FOR BEING HERE FROM THE CABAZON WOUNDED WARRIOR HAVEN.
WE WERE TRYING TO GET HIM ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT, BUT WE WILL GET HIM ON THE AGENDA FOR THE FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, AND JUST A HEADS UP, PROBABLY GOING TO ASK SOME OF YOU COMMISSIONERS TO PONY UP MONEY FOR THE GREAT WORK THEY'RE DOING OUT THERE.
HELPING OUR VETERAN COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANT TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS TRAVELING TO DISTRICT MEETINGS WITH RESIDENTS AND OFFICIALS.
WITHIN, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITIES.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A FEW THINGS THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE MENTION OF.
DISTRICT FIVE, VERY, VERY BEAUTIFUL.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO GET OUT TO DISTRICT FIVE, I WOULD RECOMMEND EVERYONE TO GET OUT.
WE HAVE GREAT BED AND BREAKFAST OUT IN CUBA.
MOST PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT BRUNOS.
WE HAVE MEDICAL SERVICES WITH ACCESS EWE PUNK TOUR WITH JEMEZ WELLNESS CENTER AND MORE.
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND GET OUT TO DISTRICT FIVE IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE.
ALSO, THE DISTRICT NEEDS MORE ASSISTANCE FROM COUNTY GOVERNMENT THAN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE OR THEY'VE RECEIVED.
FORMER COMMISSIONER NOW JUDGE EICHWALD DID AN AMAZING JOB, AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO BRING RESOURCES OUT THERE TO THE RURAL DISTRICT.
AND I THINK WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH EXPANSIONS LIKE WE'RE DOING IN ALGODONES.
AS MANY OF US KNOW, WATER ISSUES ARE A BIG ISSUE IN DISTRICT FIVE.
WE HAVE WATER PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT GETTING FUNDED.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS ON HOW WE GET FEDERAL OR STATE OR GRANT FUNDING FOR THOSE WATER PROJECTS.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BLOCK FOR MOVING THE CABAZON WATER PROJECT AHEAD.
WE ALSO HAVE INTERNET ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, AND WE NEED TO GET THOSE FUNDED FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES FOR TELEHEALTH, FOR EDUCATION AND OTHER THINGS.
YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH MANAGER JOHNSON TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES, AND IF ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS THAT I HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
YOU KNOW, MANY OF OUR SMALL COMMUNITIES RELY UPON ANTIQUATED WATER SYSTEMS THAT HAVE PROBLEMS, CUBA SEA LAKE, PINA BLOCK, PONDEROSA, WE MET WITH MARTA FROM JAWS TO TALK ABOUT THE WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN THAT NEEDS TO GET EXECUTED.
WE HAVE PUT OUT A TIMELINE FOR A YEAR, HOPEFULLY WE'RE STILL ON TRACK FOR THAT.
BUT I JUST WANT TO BRING UP THOSE FEW THINGS.
I KNOW THE TIMER WENT OFF, I DON'T WANT TO GO OVER MY TIME, BUT I WANT TO BRING INSIGHT AND HIGHLIGHT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE.
>> CHAIR HEIL: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER JONES.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COULD I HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM 16.
>> CHAIR HEIL:
STAND ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.